How We Work

Youth-led, gender-responsive, and evidence-driven change through integrated strategic approaches.

Our Approaches

Development Approaches

Four integrated strategic approaches designed to deliver measurable outcomes, strengthen systems, and position youth and women as active drivers of Kenya's socio-economic transformation.

1

Deliver Scalable Capacity Development

Building practical skills, leadership, and economic resilience at scale — moving beyond training to sustained mentorship and real-world application. At the institutional level, we strengthen governance, leadership, and operational excellence across staff, Board, and partner organizations.

2

Drive Policy Change Through Youth/Women-Led Advocacy

Positioning youth and women at the centre of policy influence, translating lived experiences and evidence into concrete policy and practice reforms through targeted engagement with decision-makers, coordinated media campaigns, policy dialogues, and stakeholder forums.

3

Mobilize Strategic Partnerships for Impact

Leveraging partnerships as engines for scale and sustainability — deepening collaboration with government institutions, UN agencies, civil society, faith-based organizations, private sector, and the community to align resources, expertise, and influence for shared outcomes.

4

Act on Evidence and Learning

Embedding research, data, and learning across all programmes and advocacy efforts. Evidence is actively used to design, adapt, and scale interventions — strengthening programme quality, informing policy engagement, and contributing to national and academic knowledge.

2025–2030 Strategy

Theory of Change

If youth, women, and vulnerable children in informal settlements and marginalized communities face interconnected challenges — including poverty, exclusion from decision-making, limited access to education, health and protection services, and climate and economic shocks — and if YIKE delivers integrated, rights-based, and community-driven programs that strengthen civic participation, expand sustainable livelihood opportunities, improve health and psychosocial support, build the capacity of youth- and women-led organizations, and reinforce community and school protection systems,

then youth and women can become empowered change agents, children are better protected and supported, and communities grow more resilient, inclusive, and peaceful with reduced vulnerability to exploitation and long-term social and economic risks.

YIKE Theory of Change 2025–2030 conceptual framework showing five strategic objectives and cross-cutting issues